The Pardoner's Tale

I rede that oure host shael biginne
for he is most envoluped in sinne
com forth, sire Host, and offre first anoon
and thou shalt kisse the rellikes everichoon
ye, for a grote: unbokele annon thy purse

This set of lines comes after the pardoner has finished telling his tale. It seems to me that he is asking the people to seek forgiveness from the pardoner. He suggests that the first person to go should be the Host. What I do not understand is why he asks the Host to go first? Maybe he is favoring him because he is the one "running'' this story-telling game. I can not see another reason why he would ask him to go first, however my reason does not make much sense because it makes the Host mad when the pardoner asks him to go first.

A Good Man of Religion

I have chosen to focus on the Good man ther of religion. In his portrait he is described as poor yet rich in knowledge. I think that this can relate back to the fact that he is a man of religion. He might be poor but he has his knowledge and God. These are two things that Jesuits in particular find very important. he is also described as clean which can be taken literally but also morally. If he is religious he most likely takes part in confessions and he is morally clean. Causer makes his point about this holy man through his appearance. He not only describes the appearance but also the character of this character through physical observations.